United Way Centraide North East Ontario/Nord-est de l’Ontario funds 25 community service organizations through the Community Services Recovery Fund


United Way Centraide North East Ontario/Nord-est de l’Ontario is proud to have worked with United Way Centraide Canada as part of the Community Services Recovery Fund. This fund is a collaboration between the Canadian Red Cross, Community Foundations of Canada, and United Way Centraide Canada to provide funding to Community Service Organizations, including non-profit organizations, Indigenous Governing Bodies, and Registered Charities located in Canada. The Community Services Recovery Fund responds to what Community Service Organizations need right now and supports organizations as they adapt to the long-term impacts of the pandemic.

The Community Services Recovery Fund is a one-time investment of $400 million to help Community Service Organizations (charities, non-profits, Indigenous governing bodies) adapt, modernize, and be better equipped to improve the efficacy, accessibility, and sustainability of the community services that they are providing through the pandemic recovery and beyond.

The following projects are being supported in North East Ontario with a total investment of over $1,200,000:

 

Organization Funded Amount Project Project Description
North Eastern Ontario Communications Network Inc. $84,600 Innov8 Youth Digital skills education to youth
Seizure & Brain Injury Centre $74,235 SABIC: Rebuilt

Internal systems upgrades and modernization
South Porcupine Food Bank Inc. $40,000 South Porcupine Food Bank Capacity Renewal Perform strategic planning to build resiliency and better respond to the community’s future needs
Timmins Learning Centre $22,186  Technology Modernization Purchase new digital/technological equipment for literacy programs
Organization Funded Amount Project Project Description
Manitoulin Legal Clinic $16,500 Reaching out Manitoulin Creating a digital access point to improve capacity and provide information to clients in rural communities
Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands Public Library $83,938
 Recreation Equity Create a recreational equipment library to provide equitable access to healthy recreational activities for community members of all ages, income levels and abilities
Organization Funded Amount Project Project Description
Aids Committee of North Bay & Area $62,684 Better Spaces & Safer Places Create an inclusive, accessible and flexible space to support the increased demand for educational programming, group facilitation, community building and mental health
Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre of Nipissing $71,000 Hybrid Technology Support for Victims of Sexual Violence Increase technology and hybrid tools to reduce barriers and connect with victims of sexualized violence
Nipissing Regional Community Residential Hospice $36,020 Bilingual Website Creation of a new and improved bilingual website to educate and provide resources to the public and training modules for internal staff
Organization Funded Amount Project Project Description

Trinity Community Church
$61,711 Revitalization, Expansion, and Community Helping Improve the sustainability and efficiency of food programs to increase food security
Harvest Share Community Food Program $49,000 Building Organizational Resilience Through Volunteerism and Diversity Adapt and enhance Volunteer Program through the development of policies and procedures for recruitment, training and retaining volunteers that seeks to promote inclusion, diversity, community networking and relationship building
The Rotary Club of Parry Sound $12,075 Coming Back Stronger Building individual and community resilience through volunteerism
Sudbury – Total Investments: $527,995
Organization Funded Amount Project Project Description

Afro Women and Youth Foundation
$86,480 Empowered AWYF Team Deliver adaptable (based on COVID-19 impact) and sustainable programs that will improve the lives of Black women and youth who are newcomers and/or refugees
Art Gallery of Sudbury $62,488 Art on the Go Creatively engage with the broader community (Indigenous and vulnerable populations) who might not otherwise have the opportunity to participate in visual arts education
Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of the City of Greater Sudbury $35,000 Hybrid Chatterjam - Youth Mentoring Program Invest in Video conferencing technology to reach youth who aren’t able to attend in-person educational and skills-building sessions
Cultural Industries Ontario North, Inc $69,650 Workforce Development – Northern Ontario Adapt hybrid workforce education and training programs to fully in-person programs to support the transfer of skills and knowledge to emerging talent, workers, and to individuals seeking new career paths
Myths and Mirrors Community Arts Inc. $25,410 Revisiting BIPOC Mentorship Form an advisory committee to analyze and evaluate the feedback and learning from our mentorship program for BIPOCartists and tailor programming to best meet the changing and diverse needs of the community
NISA/Northern Initiative for Social Action $97,750 Service Modernization Project Program re-design: hybrid programming, intake, and training to address the current and future needs of the community
N'Swakamok Native Friendship Centre $50,000 Reunite, Revitalize and Rejuvenate Staff and Community Strategic planning to revitalize and rejuvenate staff and programming to ensure we meet the needs of our community
Sudbury Canoe Club $46,617 Regatta Ready Summer camp teaching Olympic-style kayak and canoe racing skills to Indigenous and marginalized youth and the opportunity to participate in Western Ontario Division trials
Sudbury Finnish Rest Home Society Inc $29,600 Technology Upgrades Purchase equipment to implement wireless technology with hearing assistive support to deliver programs, improve safety, enhance the accessibility for the hearing impaired, and provide live stream capabilities
The Sudbury Kinsmen Family Centre Foundation $25,000 Laundry Equipment Upgrade  Installation of laundry equipment for the House of Kin
Organization Funded Amount Project Project Description
First Baptist Church - New Liskeard $33,000 Revitalizing New Liskeard First Baptist Church Investing in opportunities to revitalize our programs and services
Rotary Club of Temiskaming Shores and Area $6,500 Recovery and Modernization Project Purchase of event provision equipment to host virtual meetings and training
St. Paul's Emmanuel Community Church $46,452 A Place to Gather Adapting the physical facility to reduce existing physical barriers, expand technology and online presence and enhance resources to broaden programming